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Soy Protein Benefits for Fatty Liver Disease Symptoms

“Almost a third of American adults have fatty liver disease, many of them without symptoms. Obesity is a key risk factor for this condition, which can lead to…

Health & Medicine

Protein Changes Neurons in Brain Reward Center Linked to Addiction

Investigators were also able to block the ability of repeated cocaine exposure, to induce addiction. The findings, published online April 22 in the journal…

Earth Sciences

Ammonites: Survival and Decline of Ancient Marine Innovators

For 300 million years, they were the ultimate survivors. They successfully negotiated three mass extinctions, only to die out eventually at the end of the…

Information Technology

Exploring Machine Partnerships: Insights from Fraunhofer Meet

Company representatives and researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology in Darmstadt got together from March 20 to 22 during…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Genetic Test for Detecting Left-Sided Abomasum Displacement

Left-sided displacement of the abomasum (LDA) is an economically important disease in Holstein dairy cattle populations all over the world. The bovine abomasum…

Technology Offerings

BladderCa Urine Test – EI-BLA: 2-gene biomarker panel for early detection of bladder cancer from urine

The ECRG4 and ITIH5 (EI) gene promoter methylation has been identified as a novel objective biomarker panel for the diagnosis of bladder cancer (BLA) at an…

Studies and Analyses

Mild Winters Harm Butterflies, Research Study Reveals

A new study by Jessica Hellmann, associate professor of biological sciences at the University of Notre Dame, and researchers from Western University found that…

Studies and Analyses

New Pine Varieties Thrive Amid Climate Change Challenges

Like other types of pine, the lack of water is one of the factors having the greatest effect on its survival and productivity. Until now, the Basque Country's…

Physics & Astronomy

Atomic-Scale Real-Time Movies Capture Platinum Nanocrystal Growth

They won’t be coming soon to a multiplex near you, but movies showing the growth of platinum nanocrystals at the atomic-scale in real-time have blockbuster…

Power and Electrical Engineering

The solar cell that also shines: Luminescent 'LED-type' design breaks efficiency record

To produce the maximum amount of energy, solar cells are designed to absorb as much light from the Sun as possible. Now researchers from the University of…

Materials Sciences

ORNL microscopy yields first proof of ferroelectricity in simplest amino acid

A multi-institutional research team led by Andrei Kholkin of the University of Aveiro, Portugal, used a combination of experiments and modeling to identify and…

Life & Chemistry

Cellular Pathway Connects Diabetes and Heart Disease Insights

These findings, being presented at the American Heart Association's Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (ATVB) 2012 Scientific Sessions in…

Health & Medicine

19th Century Therapy for Parkinson's Disease May Help Patients Today

Charcot reported improvements in his patients, but he died shortly thereafter and a more complete evaluation of the therapy was never conducted. Now, a group…

Studies and Analyses

Chernobyl Radiation Fells Female Birds, Making Chirping More Frequent From Lonely Males

An international team of researchers studied gender abundances and singing behavior in birds from eight areas with varying levels of radiation contamination…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Metal Oxides Hold the Key to Cheap, Green Energy

“Metal oxides are cheap, abundant and ‘green,’” said Louis Piper, assistant professor of physics at Binghamton University. “And as the study proved, quite…

Studies and Analyses

Air Pollution Linked to Early Deaths in UK Study

In a study appearing this month in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, MIT researchers report that emissions from cars, trucks, planes and…

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